8 Ways Star Trek Just Isn't Star Trek Anymore
6. It Can Compete On Both Fronts
While Star Trek has had periods where it's competed on both the big and small screens simultaneously, it's never managed to main maintain a presence as consistently as it has now.
The original Star Trek films only came after TOS' had ended, and while the franchise experienced a resurgence in the nineties, replete with a series of spin-offs following on from Star Trek: The Next Generation, its cinematic efforts lagged behind. The lukewarm reaction to Star Trek: Enterprise only seemed to aggravate its diminishing role both in Hollywood and on TV.
Now, with Paramount's films continuing - and with Discovery going strong (as strong as a show can go on CBS Access) - Trek is on the strongest footing it's been on for a while, if not ever.
The delineation between the TV and film versions of Star Trek might be stark, but with a revitalised presence in pop-culture, things can only look up from here.